ATI Technologies X600 manual Viewing Text on a TV, Reducing Edge Distortion

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Viewing Text on a TV

A TV is designed primarily to show moving images. The large dot pitch of a TV will yield poor quality static images. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this degradation by using larger fonts.

Switching to a larger display font

1Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating through Windows® Control Panel.

2Click the Settings tab, the Advanced button, and then the General tab.

3In the Display section, select Large (120 DPI) from the Font Size

(or DPI Setting) drop-down list.

4Click Apply. If prompted, click Yes to restart your Computer.

Reducing Edge Distortion

When using a TV for your computer’s display, you may see some edge distortion on the left and right side of your TV screen. This effect depends on your TV and the computer application you are running.

You can reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV display’s horizontal size or contrast.

Increasing the horizontal size of a TV display

1Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating through Windows® Control Panel.

2Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button.

3Click on the ATI Displays tab.

4Click on the TV button.

5Click the Adjustments tab.

6In the Screen Size section, click on the plus (+) button beside the

horizontal arrowheads to increase the horizontal size of the TV display.

7Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.

You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV’s contrast.

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